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Monday, November 24, 2014

Aguero and Jovetic fit to face Bayern

Manuel Pellegrini allayed concerns over the fitness of Sergio Aguero
and Stevan Jovetic ahead of Manchester City's clash with Bayern Munich.
The
strike duo missed training on Monday to spark talk that they could miss
Tuesday's crunch clash with Bayern in UEFA Champions League Group E.

But when asked about the absence of Aguero and Jovetic, City boss
Pellegrini said in a press conference: "Both of them are in the squad
list."

That will come as a huge relief to City fans with Edin Dzeko
sidelined with a calf injury and teenager Jose Angel Pozo the only other
striker in Pellegrini's squad.

The Premier League champions will also be without David Silva and
Aleksandar Kolarov due to knee and calf injuries respectively, while
Yaya Toure and Fernandinho are suspended for the crucial encounter with
Pep Guardiola's men.

City's chances of progressing to the last 16 look slim as they sit
bottom of Group E with only two points ahead of their final two matches
against Bayern and Roma.

They must win or hope the clash between Roma and CSKA ends in a draw
to have any chance of staying in the competition - and Pellegrini has
not given up hope of securing second spot.
He added: "It is important for this club to do well in Europe.
Tomorrow the team will fight to the end to continue in the Champions
League.

"If we don't qualify we will analyse [why they failed to do so]. But
we must play the game tomorrow and against Roma before drawing
conclusions."

City were beaten by a late Jerome Boateng strike at the Allianz Arena
in September, but Pellegrini is not dwelling on that defeat.
He said: "We were unlucky to lose in the last few minutes. But what happened in the past doesn't matter."